Be used for the method that assembling is used to form the shell segmentation of the tower section of mixing wind turbine tower
Technical field
The present invention relates to wind turbine tower, and more specifically, the present invention relates to the method that is used for assembling the shell segmentation that is used to form the tower section of mixing wind turbine tower a kind of as defined in the preorder of claim 1.
Background technique
In the application of wind turbine, trend towards making up more and more higher tower, in order to obtain the power of increase.The height that increases produces higher load at the pedestal place of tower.Therefore, must make the hypomere of tower become wider.The diameter at the place, bottom of wind turbine tower becomes increasing, and reaching can not be by the degree of the easy transportation of road.At this moment, proposed two alternative schemes, having comprised: the lower part (for example, being made the lower part of tower by concrete) of making on the spot tower; Or use prefabricated elements to make tower, described prefabricated elements then is assembled on the spot.
As used herein, the tower section comprises two or more shell segmentations, in order to divide paragraph qualification tower section at the condition lower casing of having assembled.Thereby each tower section is the structure corresponding to the basic hollow of certain one-level in the wind turbine tower.The tower section forms by example such as connection set, and described connection set is used for two adjacent shell segmentations are linked up mutually along substantially vertical joint.
In the method for the segmentation of assembling shell known in the art.For example, WO2010067166A1 discloses a kind of method for making up wind turbine tower, and the pre-assembled concrete segmentation of tower section is provided in described method.Then, segmentation is raised and locates to obtain complete tower section.Disclosed method is used a plurality of connecting element in the document, for example, is engaged in prestressed reinforcement, wirerope or twisted wire in the conduit in the cylindrical module, and this is so that the assembling process complicated and the cost that produce are high.
Another example is WO2010049313A2, and it discloses a kind of method for erectting the segmentation head tower that is used for wind turbine, at first makes up climbing apparatus (climber) in described method, the top section of described climbing apparatus carrying tower.The weight of climbing apparatus load-supporting roof section during whole segmentations that tower is installed, but irrelevant with the weight of segmentation tower.Disclosed method needs two supporting structures in the document, and one in described two supporting structures has the attaching lifting gear, and described attaching lifting gear needs higher resistivity and makes assembling process more complex and costliness.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of simply and effectively assembling and is used to form the method for the shell segmentation of tower section, in order to make up the mixing wind turbine tower with Desired Height.Therefore, the tower section is formed by two or more described shell segmentations, the shell segmentation comprises finished metallic member, namely, metallic member with predetermined size and dimension, described metallic member is suitable for assembling each other by the vertical joint of mixing that is usually formed on the spot by concrete, is used for obtaining the tower section.Then, some tower sections can connected to each otherly be mixed the wind turbine tower structure to make up.
According to the present invention, for example at first the First Series jury strut assembles the supplementary structure of self supporting structure by arranging at least.The First Series jury strut limits the first substructure, and therefore, supplementary structure can be comprised of one or more substructures.Jury strut uses reinforcement connected to each other.The First Series jury strut can anchor to ground as required.
Then, one or more metallic case segmentations are arranged adjacent to each other, limit the tubular structure of hollow.Carry out the link of shell segmentation by forming composite reinforcing steel bar concrete joint, described reinforced concrete joint be arranged to and between described adjacent shell segmentation at least a portion substantially overlapping.For this reason, before to the pillars concreting, the jury strut attaching has template.Additionally, the link of shell segmentation need to seal the vertical joint part between adjacent shell segmentation.
The shell segmentation is bonded to form the tower section thus.Supplementary structure is at first assembled, and is namely assembled before the mounting shell segmentation, in case so that the shell segmentation is assembled, supplementary structure just is in the inside of shell segmentation.The purpose of supplementary structure is that template is attached to the shell segmentation, stablizes the shell segmentation during the joint formation stages, and provides accessibility from the inside of tower section.
Method of the present invention can also may further comprise the steps: extra at least second series jury strut is assembled in First Series jury strut top to form the second auxiliary substructure.This allows to make according to the tower section of correspondence the inside supplementary structure of the height with expectation.This extra second series jury strut can for example by through being present in the inside in the space between the already installed First Series jury strut, that is, be assisted the space of substructure inside inner through being present in first, and be moving upward.
Describedly extra a series of supplementary structures are assembled in other serial supplementary structure top can repeat with the step that is used to form different tower sections, in order to obtain as requested to have the supplementary structure of the height of expectation.This can need to use reinforcement to be used for that pillar is connected to each other.
Be susceptible to, method disclosed herein can also may further comprise the steps: extra shell subsection setup above the shell segmentation of having worked good, is used to form more tower section and the shell segmentation of different tower sections is connected to each other.
Preferably, the step of the inner supplementary structure of described assembling can also comprise working platform is arranged in step on the top of each auxiliary substructure.In the working platform one, some or all can be nonvolatil.No matter whether nonvolatil working platform is, and working platform can be fixed to the shell segmentation.No matter whether nonvolatil working platform is, and working platform can both be fixed to the shell segmentation, is fixed to again the jury strut of corresponding substructure.Can be by suitable platform attaching device execution work platform fixing, described suitable platform attaching device can comprise gusset, described gusset both had been attached to the part of platform, was attached to again template.Can working platform be fixed to jury strut by using the attaching plate.
At least one the serial quantity that forms in the jury strut series of inner supplementary structure can be identical with the quantity of the shell segmentation that forms each tower section.Additionally, or alternately, form the place ahead that one or more series in the jury strut series of inner supplementary structure can be placed on the position that is furnished with the attaching template.
The method can also comprise the step of dismantling at least one auxiliary substructure.
Divide intersegmental part that supplementary structure is set according to disclosed method at shell and allow easily to promote such as the element of pillar, thereby avoid using hoist or other extra scaffold.By this feature, also be that the shell segmentation that forms the tower section of wind turbine tower provides support.Part such as the supplementary structure of working platform can be nonvolatil, that is, be the part of the structure of wind turbine tower, thereby strengthens the tower section.
Avoid tower to erect just necessary situation of adding platform in case during assembling process, at the top of each auxiliary substructure working platform is set, thereby for example improved accessibility and assembling and the installation task of tower inside.
Description of drawings
Only in the mode of non-limiting example specific embodiment according to mixing wind turbine tower of the present invention is described hereinafter with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 is front view, a schematically illustrated auxiliary substructure with attaching template;
Fig. 2 is front view, is shown schematically in two auxiliary substructures with attaching template under the condition of having assembled;
Fig. 3 is front view, the schematically illustrated supplementary structure of finishing, and the described supplementary structure of finishing is formed with the tower section of having assembled with shell segmentation of location by four auxiliary substructures with attaching template;
Fig. 4 is the top plan view according to working platform of the present invention, jury strut and the attaching template of auxiliary substructure shown in it;
Fig. 5 is the partial enlarged drawing of the details of the supplementary structure among Fig. 4;
Fig. 6 is the close-up illustration of the regional A that highlights among Fig. 7; With
Fig. 7 is front view, schematically illustrated two supplementary structures of having assembled, and each in described two supplementary structures of having assembled has the auxiliary substructure of attaching template by four and the tower section of having assembled of two shell segmentations with location forms.
Embodiment
According to Fig. 1,2 and 3, illustrate for the structure of the tower section of wind turbine mixing column and the example of auxiliary substructure.Shown auxiliary substructure all can have the height of about 5m with 10 indications and they.One in some auxiliary substructures 10 is arranged on another top, produces like this supplementary structure of finishing, and the described supplementary structure of finishing is indicated with 101 in Fig. 3 and 7, and the tower section of having assembled is by 100 indications.Some tower sections 100 can be by connected to each other such as the standard joints device of flange or analog.
Supplementary structure 101 can have cylindrical or Frusto-conical shape, and therefore, corresponding with each pipe level of the wind turbine mixing column section 100 of having assembled.The shape of auxiliary substructure 10 shape certainly can be as requested to that indicated in the drawings is different.
Each auxiliary substructure 10 comprises support frame 20 and a plurality of template, and described a plurality of templates for example are four, all with 50 indications.Each template 50 links two adjacent shell segmentations 15, and described two adjacent shell segmentations 15 comprise the plate of the sheet metal (for example, steel plate) such as bending.Auxiliary substructure 10 is arranged so that auxiliary substructure 10 is in the inside of shell segmentation 15, as shown in FIG..
Shell segmentation 15 is by mixing each other attaching of vertical joint, and the vertical joint of described mixing is indicated with 30 in Figure 4 and 5 generally.Mixing vertical joint 30 comprises: concrete cylindricality thing 40, and described concrete cylindricality thing 40 is made by the concrete of concrete or steel reinforcing, and is arranged so that at least a portion of described concrete cylindricality thing 40 overlapping each adjacent shell segmentation 15; Template 50, described template 50 is used for the concrete of confined concrete pillars 40; And the SEALING FITTING between shell segmentation 15 45.Template 50 can for example comprise first plate related with the first shell segmentation 15 and with related the second plate of adjacent the second shell segmentation 15, in order to the first plate of adjacent shell segmentation 15 and the second plate are limited respectively be suitable for internal capacity with Concrete Filled to form pillars 40 under the condition of having assembled.As requested, also can use other layout of template 50, for example, can use such template 50, that is, described template 50 comprises the veneer related with a shell segmentation 15, and the shape of described veneer is set for and limited the internal capacity that is suitable for Concrete Filled to form pillars 40.No matter whether shear resistance connector 55 is welded to shell segmentation 15, and shear resistance connector 55 can be embedded in the concrete cylindricality thing 40 being used for to be guaranteed to transmit shearing stress between shell segmentation 15.
Although be in the inside of the tower section 100 of having assembled in pillars 40 shown in 5 figure, but as requested, pillars 40 can be arranged in the outside of the tower section 100 of having assembled certainly, or even both be arranged in the inside of the tower section 100 of having assembled, be arranged in again the outside of the tower section 100 of having assembled.If necessary, can also add vertical joint sealing material 45.
Shell segmentation 15 is being set with before forming tower section 100, the supplementary structure 101 of finishing should be assembled by linking a plurality of auxiliary substructures 10, and described a plurality of auxiliary substructures 10 are formed by support frame 20 and attaching template 50.In the example in the accompanying drawings, support frame 20 is self supporting structures, and it is arranged so that when shell segmentation 15 is set support frame 20 is in the inside of described shell segmentation 15, as schematically illustrated in Fig. 4.Support frame 20 is provided with the jury strut 60 of some series, for example, First Series and second series jury strut 60, when needed, described jury strut 60 is connected to each other by beam 94 and reinforcing bar 85, forms auxiliary substructure 10.If necessary, jury strut 60 can at first anchor to the ground (not shown).Shown in exemplary embodiment in, the quantity of jury strut 60 equates with the quantity of shell segmentation 15, that is, quantity is four, but pillar 60 can have the supplementary structure that different quantity and restriction are finished as requested in other embodiments.The combination of some auxiliary substructures 10 limits the supplementary structure 101 of finishing, and the described supplementary structure of finishing 101 provides support for the assembling of the shell segmentation 15 of corresponding tower section 100.
Arrange and support frame 20 and template 50 the two related fixing device 70.Fixing device 70 goes for the template 50 of different size, and fixing device 70 comprises one or several stiffening plates 75.In use, the connecting rod 102 of an end of each stiffening plate 75 by correspondence is fixed to corresponding jury strut 60, and another end avoids template 50 to move when poured concrete during to the pillars concreting stage, as shown in Figure 6.
As mentioned above, a plurality of jury struts 60 can one be arranged in another top, as shown in Figure 6, in order to obtain inner support frame 20.Jury strut 60 can be fixed to one another by connector element 65, as shown in Figure 6.The shape of connector element 65 sets for be used to the underpart that is attached to the first pillar 60 and in the upper end portion of the second pillar 60 below being used for inserting, described the second pillar 60 and the first pillar 60 are in line.The coupling device of equivalence can be used for jury strut 60 is fixed to one another certainly, in order to obtain to have the inner support frame 20 of Desired Height.
The jury strut 60 of extra series can be by through being formed on space 98(in the working platform 90 referring to Fig. 4) inner being moving upward.The described additionally jury strut 60 of series is assembled in other serial jury strut top and can repeats according to expectation with the step that is used to form different auxiliary substructures.
As shown in Figure 7, beam 94 can be used for pillar 60 connected to each other to form support frame 20.For stabilization tower section 10, reinforcing bar 85 can be from identical or different height placement between jury strut 60.This means, can make one or several support frames 20 stable and jury strut 60 is connected to each other to form support frame 20 by using reinforcing bar 85.
In an illustrated embodiment, support frame 20 is provided with working platform 90.An example at working platform 90 shown in the partial enlarged drawing of Fig. 6.Working platform 90 is engaged on the top of auxiliary substructure, and comprises plat surface, and described plat surface can be attached to beam 94 from support frame 20.The quantity of working platform 90 can be any quantity as requested.Platform 90 can be: removable working platform 90 is used for assisting substructure 10 and using when mixing vertical joint 30 concreting when assembling or dismounting; Or permanent working platform 90, be used for just staying original position in case made up the wind turbine tower structure of finishing.
Working platform 90 is fixed to shell segmentation 15 by attaching template 50 and fixing device 70, as shown in Figure 6.This realizes by attaching device 95 is set, and described attaching device 95 comprises the link that is connected to template 50.Beam 94 also is attached to jury strut 60 by the attaching plate of collaboration in the tail end of jury strut 60 to 97, as shown in Figure 6.Can suitably use bolt so that attaching plate 97 is fastened on the corresponding beam 94.
As shown in Figure 4, working platform 90 is provided with two openings 98,99.An opening 98 is positioned at the central part office of working platform 90, and is used for lift element.Access door can be set to close when not in use opening 98.Another opening 99 is positioned at the radial part office of working platform 90, and corresponding with the lift space; Described opening 99 is used as operator's vertical path during assembling process.
The present invention discloses a kind of assembling method, in described assembling method some shell segmentations connected to each other, in order to form the tower section of wind turbine mixing column.The method can be applied to whole wind turbine tower or be applied to the part of wind turbine tower.For example, can only be used in such as above disclosed assembling method of the present invention in the lower tower section of wind turbine tower, for example, first 20m to 40m overhead, so that wind turbine tower can be made by following: in the steel tower segment of finishing fully of the office, top of wind turbine tower (at higher At The Height) (namely, tower section by single-piece forms), as in the assembling method of prior art; With a plurality of shell segmentations in the office, bottom of wind turbine tower (at lower At The Height).